Indonesia’s West Java province has ordered Singapore’s BDx Data Centers to halt construction of a 640-MW AI data-center campus, just over a week after its groundbreaking.

A delegation of West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi, in a post on his personal Instagram, said that work on the campus must stop until the permits are secured and its environmental review is complete.

The delegation stressed that “It’s being halted because the permits have not yet been issued.”

The two permits still in process are an environmental impact assessment (AMDAL) and a building approval (PBG). The project has also drawn public scrutiny over its planned use of water from the Jatiluhur reservoir, a major water source, amid wider concerns that data centers strain local water supplies.

Dedi pressed the project’s environmental consultant to speed up revised assessment documents for a second review. He called for the consultant and its expert panel to be named publicly and to answer concerns over water use, noise, and wastewater in open debate.

BDx broke ground on the campus, called CGK4, on September 22. The 640-MW project features six buildings, over a construction period of three years. The company said it had secured 845 MVA of grid power from state utility PLN, part of more than 1.2 GVA across its Indonesian sites.

The project is part of a BDx expansion backed by a $320 million loan facility. BDx runs its Indonesian operations through a joint venture with telecoms group Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison and the IT firm Lintasarta.

Singapore’s BDx breaks ground on 640 MW AI data-center in Indonesia’s West Java